Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
12-Sep-2023 07:05 – 11:20
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Steady, light drizzle for the first hour then overcast and humid.  High tide at 10:30.  Led BBC walk.
39 species (+3 other taxa)
Canada Goose  7
Mallard  42
American Black Duck  2
Northern Pintail  3
Green-winged Teal  45
Mourning Dove  4
Black-bellied Plover  12
American Golden-Plover  2    BFP from dike.  Thanks, Tom!
Semipalmated Plover  7
Stilt Sandpiper  1    North end of main salt panne.
Sanderling  2    Beach from parking lot 2.
Baird’s Sandpiper  2    BFP from Hellcat Dike.  Close.
Least Sandpiper  1
White-rumped Sandpiper  87    Main salt Pannes. The most I have ever had here on the Reduge!
Semipalmated Sandpiper  120
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Long-billed Dowitcher  2
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  1
Greater Yellowlegs  32
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  16
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Double-crested Cormorant  21
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  9
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue Jay  6
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tree Swallow  100
Gray Catbird  8
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  9
new world sparrow sp.  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
American Redstart  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  1
new world warbler sp.  5
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149748678

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